He is incorrect. Charging a wand does not require 50 casts of a spell. It requires 1 cast. That rule would apply to scrolls or power stones, not wands.
The creator must have prepared the spell to be stored (or must know the spell, in the case of a sorcerer or bard) and must provide any focuses the spell requires. Fifty of each needed material component are required (one for each charge). Material components are consumed when work begins, but focuses are not. A focus used in creating a wand can be reused.
Wording from wondrous Items if it helps for context. The only difference for wands is that the material price must be multiplied by 50.
If spells are involved in the prerequisites for making the item, the creator must have prepared the spells to be cast (or must know the spells, in the case of a sorcerer or bard) but need not provide any material components or focuses the spells require.
But according to my DM there is no way that one can "charge" or cast 50 cure light wounds for this wand in one day and there for he has extended the crafting time by alot.
Since i have only been playing for around 2 years and he has been played for 10x that im not sure how to argue my point here.
There's your problem right there... he's been around long enough to remember older editions of D&D where you DID have to cast the spell once for every charge.
They did away with that some time ago (at the start of 3rd Ed I believe? I *think* it was around in 2nd Ed.) Also back then Wands had 100 charges too... so think how long that would have taken. Oh, and no feats meant you were just sinking time, cash and potentially questing for rare components into the mix. At least back then you got a XP bump successfully creating one to compensate you for the time spent.
Older D&D edition were quite a bit lighter on player created magic items.
tell your DM this is not fun and you want to change feats since he isn't interested in using the same rule set you are, and then before you pick a new feat make sure it works as you think it does by asking the DM before hand.
Your GM is mistaken, and yes, I do believe that was a rule in older editions as CyderGnome states (but it is no longer true in this version of the game). If he insists on sticking with his ruling anyways, I would take Trimalchio's advice and ask the GM for a change.
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It also sounds like he is conflating the rules for providing expensive material components in there as well - if making a wand with such a spell you do have to provide 50 sets of material components during creation. But you can still make the wand in one day and with one actual casting of the spell.